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"Flooded hospital: The Kingston Public Hospital's Operating Theatre was flooded by Monday's showers. This coupled with the nurses protest strike made conditions at KPH and other hospitals extremely difficult. The water not only made the theatre…

"Police and soldiers were very much in evidence yesterday as the ancillary workers at KPH awaited news from the meeting then taking place between Health Ministry officials, union representatives and members of the hospital board."

"Top: Vying for the doctor's attention. Patients at the Kingston Public Hospital's Casualty Department await their turn as SMO Dr. John McHardy [second from left] lends a helping hand."

"The new block at Kingston Public Hospital is now taking shape and the gleaming white structure is getting the finishing touches. It contrasts with the red-brick buildings to the southern part of the hospital."

"Photo left: Dr. Herbert Elliott standing [right] "clearing the air" after an argument with a woman who had taken her child to the hospital. At left on stretcher is a student from St. Annes Infant School, who was involved in a motorcar accident…

"Gate or no gate: They'll always be walking here. Or so it seemed yesterday afternoon, when the Daily News happened on the scene at the Kinston Public and Victoria Jubilee Hospitals. Some years ago, a decision was taken to close off sections of North…

"In this picture, a woman tests the depths of the "lake" which has developed in the road near Ten Miles."

"Ten-year old Caribbean pine in the Bull Head mountains. Apart from the 'foxtail' [foreground right], all the other trees appear well leaved and healthy."

"Eleanor Millwood (left) from the Spanish Town Baptist Church receives a cup on behalf of her church which received the highest number of point in the recent Sunday School Examination. The cup was presented by Mrs. Jeffery McKenzie at a youth service…

"This 18th century quadrant wharf on the main road in Discovery Bay, has been preserved and maintained by Kaiser Bauxite as an historical landmark. A plaque at the entrance reads: "In 1977 a fort was equipped with cannons as a defence against…